Isao Takanami

AKA: 高並功, 高波功
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Cast RolesCast Roles Played = {55}

1967-05-03 0

Gamblers: The Dragon Tattoo

The second part of the Gamblers series. ...
Genre :Drama, Action, Crime

1967-07-08 6

Gambler: Victory Without Death

Tsunetaro Asakura AKA "Dynamite Tsune" is a talented gambler, but not infallable. After losing his Boss's money in a dice game he repays his debt by serving as a pit boss for a struggling coal mine in ...
Genre :Crime, Action

1975-12-27 7

The Wild Trucker

The comical adventures of two long-distance truck drivers, Momojiro and Kinzo, continue. Momojiro and Eizo help bring home the father of two young children in time to celebrate New Year’s together. ...
Genre :Action, Comedy, Romance

Iwao Kanemitsu

1969-11-08 0

Kanto Street Peddlers

Kokubu Masaru (Bunta Sugawara) is a hard-headed, hot-tempered member of a street vendor clan run by an elderly boss (Kanjuro Arashi). They come into conflict with an unholy alliance of evil Yakuza bos ...
Genre :Action, Drama

1977-01-22 7.5

Japan's Don

A yakuza leader must balance his violent tactics necessary for the rough streets of 1960s Tokyo with the domestic needs of his daughters. ...
Genre :Crime, Drama

1966-08-26 6

Rub Out the Past

A lone wolf tries to eliminate a drug-smuggling operation. ...
Genre :Crime

1967-11-23 5

Ishimatsu the Yakuza: Something's Fishy

Matsukichi, a worker at a fish market, tries to settle the business between the two competitors on his turf. ...
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1972-11-22 0

Hikage-Mono

A Yakuza film directed by Kôsaku Yamashita ...
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Ozaki

1973-01-13 5.5

Girl Boss Revenge: Sukeban

The Kanto Gypsies, a tough girl gang, hide out from the law in the middle of a disputed gang territory, where they end up getting kidnapped by sinister underworld thugs. After breaking free, the girls ...
Genre :Action, Thriller, Crime

1963-09-08 0

River Washes Away the Moon

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1965-08-25 0

The Kingdom of Jirocho 4

The continuing adventures of the Jirocho gang. ...
Genre :Drama

1977-02-26 6.9

Hokuriku Proxy War

In the setting of the Hokuriku region, where the snow and cold winds rage, for the first time in true-life yakuza film history, director Kinji Fukasaku shows battles among yakuza who value land over t ...
Genre :Drama, Crime, Action, Comedy

1974-10-05 7

Code of Wolves

In gangster-infested 1920s Yokohama, gambler Ishiguro gets in with the local gang -- but his view of life changes after the Great Kanto Earthquake. ...
Genre :Crime, Action

1965-08-12 6

The Domain: Kanto Legends of Chivalry

Third part of Nihon Kyokakuden series is set in Kanto in 1924. Ken Takakura playing a ship's mate befriending fish shop owners harassed by yakuza. ...
Genre :Action, Crime

Sadamatsu Koga

1974-01-15 7

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics

As Japan gears up for the 1964 Olympic games, the cops start to crack down on the gangs, under pressure from the public and the press, adding a new dimension in the war for power among the yakuza fami ...
Genre :Crime, Drama

1969-10-01 5.9

Red Peony Gambler: Biographies of a Gambling Room

Junko Fuji returns as Oryu the Red Peony, a wandering female yakuza on a soul-searching journey after the death of her father. After collecting her sickly follower from jail, she is taken in by a fish ...
Genre :Action, Drama

1969-10-16 7

Memoir of Japanese Assassinations

This anthology film consists of nine incidents in the late 19th and early 20th centuries when assassins changed the course of Japanese history. ...
Genre :Drama, History

1979-06-02 4.5

Dog of Fortune

From Hokkaido to Tokyo, hunting dog Goro embarks on a long and grueling journey to reach home. With the loss of his master who held a secret to a weapons smuggling case and the corruptions of those wh ...
Genre :Drama

1972-07-30 5

The Pledge

When Omuro Yahachi of the Omuro family is selected as Mutsumikai Soke's successor, the conflict between the Kitakyushu and Wakamatsu begins. ...
Genre :Drama, Crime

Numata

1968-01-14 7.2

Big Time Gambling Boss

Tokyo, 1934. The boss of the clan that controls gambling agonizes and some of his followers propose to Nakai to take his place, but he refuses the offer. ...
Genre :Drama, Crime, Thriller

1966-08-13 7

Code Between Brothers 2

The services of a wandering gambler, Seiji, are called upon to protect the turf of his loyal friend Risaburo. ...
Genre :Drama, Crime

1969-04-19 7

The Biggest Gamble

When Honjo is selected as Kansai district's chairman, Iwasa of the rival gang asks Itsuki to do everything possible to have Honjo step down, which puts Itsuki between a rock and a hard place. ...
Genre :Crime, Drama

1969-12-13 6.6

The Fort of Death

The second Bounty Hunter film, when master killer Shikoro Ichibei takes up the cause of a group of farmers being driven to despair by the vile Lord Ozeki. The villainous lord has driven them to mounti ...
Genre :Action

1963-04-21 9

Tragedy of the Coolie Samurai

Gonza was a handsome young laborer, a footman and spear-carrier, working hard for his meager wage. All Gonza wanted was to marry his young sweetheart, but despite their mutual poverty, her status as t ...
Genre :Drama

1981-08-08 6.3

The Imperial Navy

A lavish retelling of the true story of the final voyage and ultimate destruction and sinking of the battleship Yamato, Japan's greatest flagship during the Second World War. ...
Genre :War, Drama

1981-01-15 7.3

Gate of Youth

The story of Shinsuke, a young man who lives through a stormy life as a poverty-stricken coal miner. Ranging from Shinsuke's infanthood to his mid-teens. Coal workers and the mines dominate nearly eve ...
Genre :Drama

1971-11-19 6

Trials of an Okinawa Village

A boss from a trucking company has run-ins with evil yakuza during the American occupation of Okinawa. Her hometown is threatened by usurers, gangsters and indirectly by American GI influences. She mu ...
Genre :Action, Drama, Crime

1977-10-08 7.5

Proof of the Man

When an American is murdered in a Japanese inn, Tokyo police detective Munesue follows the trail of the killer to New York. There he is joined by a New York City detective named Shuftan and together t ...
Genre :Drama, Crime, Mystery

1967-03-10 0

Showdown of Men 2

Part two. ...
Genre :Crime, Drama

1967-09-28 6

Showdown of Men 3

After being bailed out of trouble by a member of the Kaijima Clan, Ryuhei dedicates himself to saving the Kajima’s lucrative lumber business. ...
Genre :Drama, Crime

1968-01-27 7

Showdown of Men 4: Tetsu, the White Tiger

Tetsu, is a honourable and noble yakuza caught in a conflict between rival clans, and obligations each has toward their yakuza boss and brothers. A railroad line brings changing times to a community. ...
Genre :Crime, Drama

1972-06-21 0

The Brawling Angel

Ninkyo with Hideki Takahashi. ...
Genre :Action, Drama

1967-06-17 0

Tears of Banishment

Ninkyo with Kôji Tsuruta. An elderly yakuza brother tries to clear an underling’s name. ...
Genre :Action, Drama

Sekiguchi

1988-01-15 5.3

Labyrinth Romanesque

A serial killing occurs at a port town brothel. ...
Genre :Mystery

1976-01-31 6.5

Operation Plazma in Osaka

Amidst Japan's postwar economic boom, yakuza factions in Osaka fight for survival when Japan's largest crime syndicate plans a hostile takeover. ...
Genre :Action, Crime

1979-10-06 7.3

The Man Who Stole the Sun

A high school science teacher is the butt of all his students' jokes, until their bus is hijacked on a school trip. But something more sinister lurks beneath the surface: he's building an atomic bomb ...
Genre :Crime, Thriller, Action

1969-11-20 0

Japan's Violent Gangs: The Boss and the Killers

An honorable yakuza syndicate deeply rooted in Kyoto fights for survival when a new breed of gangsters threaten their very existence. ...
Genre :Crime, Drama

Moriyama

1974-11-22 5.6

The Street Fighter's Last Revenge

Terry Sugury is hired to recover one of two tapes containing a formula for making heroin for a price of 200 dollars a pound. But he gets double crossed. So he wants the tape back. ...
Genre :Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller

1975-03-01 0

The Viper Brothers and the Young General

The last in the series. Sugawara runs into two mahjong cheaters (Ichiro Araki and Mako Midori + sidekick Takuzo Kawatani) whom he takes for friends in need as his naivety prevents him from seeing thei ...
Genre :Crime, Drama

1974-04-27 6

The Tattooed Hitman

The most dangerous hired gun in Kyushu's underworld has managed to trigger a vicious gang war, and now, there's a contract on his life. Though nobody is more skilled in the arts of dealing death, can ...
Genre :Drama, Action

1971-06-01 6.5

The Viper Brothers

After spending several years in prison, yakuza punk Masa (Bunta Sugawara) and his underling, Katsuji (Tamio Kawachi) are back out in the mean streets of Kobe to make a name for themselves amongst the ...
Genre :Comedy, Action

1972-03-04 6

The Kanto Scarlet Cherry Gang

The Ni Family is the most well know and respected group of firefighters in the Kanto region. When their leader dies and the successor disappears, Tsuruji, a beautiful yet tough geisha, becomes the b ...
Genre :Action, Crime

Ichimatsu Kubota

1974-06-29 7.3

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode

While Hirono is in prison, his rival Takeda turns his own crime organization into a political party, whose two executives stir up new tensions in their thirst for power. ...
Genre :Action, Drama, Crime

1971-09-07 0

The Kanto Brothers' Code of Honor

The Kanto Brothers' Code of Honor (関東兄弟仁義 仁侠) is a 1971 film directed by Buichi Saitō. It is the ninth and last film in the Duty of Brotherhood series. ...
Genre :

1965-02-25 8

The Tattooed Lord

Genre :Drama, Mystery

1966-11-19 0

Seven Fugitives

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1984-01-26 0

A Samurai's Sorrow: The Deadly Sword

The second installment of the special drama "Kawaiteshimau" features Masakazu Tamura playing the role of "Udege Shujo," the official taster for the shogunate. Tamura's unmatched charm in portraying cy ...
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1979-09-01 5

The Shogun Assassins

This is a film about a real person. Sanada Yukimura fought a war against Tokugawa Ieyasu. ...
Genre :Action, Drama

1971-12-03 0

The Man

Japanese movie. ...
Genre :Action, Drama

1977-05-28 7

Japanese Humanity and Justice

When a mob boss retires under political pressure, his successor and yakuza family are tested to their limits as new alliances and enemies are formed. ...
Genre :Drama, Crime

1968-03-05 6

Scoundrel

Shimamura is a violent street thug who joins the yakuza & is merciless & unscrupulous on his rise, lacking any sense of either duty or chivalry. When imprisoned, he is repeatedly transferred from one ...
Genre :Crime, Drama

1965-07-10 0

The Gambler

A crime film released in 1965 ...
Genre :Crime

Morio Inono

1970-03-05 0

Kanto Street Peddlers: Clan Violent Loyalty

The second film in the Kanto Street Peddlers Clan series starring Bunta Sugawara. ...
Genre :Action, Drama

Heihachi The Sludge

1971-02-13 0

Kanto Street Peddlers: Violent Fire Festival

The fourth film in the Kanto Street Peddlers series. The protagonist, played by Bunta Sugawara sides with female boss Yumiko Nogawa to fight evil Hiroshi Nawa, who at one point employs rebellious youn ...
Genre :Action, Drama, Crime

1989-07-12 8.1

Onihei Hankachō

Hasegawa is a chief police of big heart who leads a band of samurai police and cultivates reformed criminals as informants to solve difficult crimes. ...
Genre :Drama, Action & Adventure, Crime